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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Deptford 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.
Memo 37/T. Table I.
TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME. Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the Year 1934.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| A.—New Cases examined during the year (excluding contacts):— | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 43 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 46 | 7 | 9 | 117 | 352 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed . | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | |
| (c) Non-tuberculous ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | 76 | 34 | 36 | 215 | |
| B. Contacts examined during the vear:— | ||||||||||||||
| — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 171 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||
| (c) Non-tuberculous ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 36 | 50 | 37 | 154 | |
| C.—Cases written oft the Dispensary Register as | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 410 | |
| (6) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and enter on the Dispensarv Register as T.B.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | 117 | 87 | 77 | 388 | |
| D.—Number of Persons on Dispensary Register on December 31st:— | ||||||||||||||
| 209 | 153 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 35 | 32 | 28 | 246 | 188 | 44 | 52 | 530 | 563 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 33 | ||